It’s Thanksgiving Day 2000, and everyone in a certain East Village apartment are up to the task except the hostess, Ellen (Beth Thompson). She is obsessing about the results from the recent Gore vs. Bush Presidential election, which, because of Florida’s sketchy voting system, remain undecided. Not only is Ellen obsessed, in Lisa Kron’s timely […]
2000 election, Alissa Jessup, Anna Deavere Smith, Beth Thompson, Chris Murray, Danielle Weathers, drama, In the Wake, Jamie M. Rea, Jane Bement Geesman, Josh Hecht, Lisa Kron, political drama, Tamera Lyn, ThanksgivingWe are the secretaries and we do things secretarial And once a month we kill a guy and cut him up for burial It’s a slasher play. It’s a comedy. No, it’s a black and bloody satire. It’s over the top. And it’s dangerous–particularly if one is a lumberjack in Big Bone, Oregon. It’s […]
Andrea White, Babs Davy, Claire Rigsby, dark comedy, Dawn Monique Williams, Dominique Dibbell, drama, homopobia, homosexuality, Jamie M. Rea, Jen Rowe, Kelly Godell, Lisa Kron, lumberjacks, Maureen Angelos, Meg Wilkerson, misogyny, Peg Healey, Profile Theatre, satire, The Five Lesbian Brothers, The Secretaries, Wanda WaldenOne of the most brilliant, and certainly funniest, plays in the English language has invaded the stage at Artists Repertory Theatre! The Importance of Being Earnest, written by Oscar Wilde and directed by Michael Mendelson, opened Saturday, May 20, with a few variations. Nary a male on the stage. All eight actors are female. Few things […]
Artists Repertory Theatre, Ayanna Berkshire, Bobby Brewer-Wallin, Crystal Ann Munoz, drawing room comedy, Jamie M. Rea, JoAnn Johnson, Kailey Rhodes, Linda Alper, Michael Mendelson, Oscar Wilde, play review, Sarach Lucht, social satire, The Importance of Being Earnest, Vana O'Brien